Newsletter - January 2021
The Special Representative on Migration and Refugees to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
From 24 to 30 January 2021, the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, Ambassador Drahoslav Štefánek, will be conducting a mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is planning to visit the Temporary Reception Centres of Miral, Sedra, Borici and the Emergency Tent...
Chamber judgments: Expulsions from Russia and Denmark, and detention conditions in Greece
On 14 January 2021, in the Chamber judgment in the case of E.K. v. Greece (application no. 73700/13) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: no violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human...
Observations on summary returns of migrants from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 11 January 2021, the Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published her written observations to the European Court of Human Rights concerning the cases of three Syrian applicants summarily returned from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In her observations, the Commissioner...
GRETA publishes its third report on Croatia
On 3 December 2020, the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) published a report on Croatia focusing on victims´ access to justice and effective remedies. GRETA acknowledges steps taken, since its previous report on Croatia published in 2016,...
Activities of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
From 21 to 26 January 2021, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly will be meeting and approving a report on the “Role of parliaments in implementing the United Nations Global Compacts for Migrants and Refugees”, Rapporteur: Nicos Tornaritis,...
Ensuring equitable access to vaccination during the current and future pandemics
On 22 January 2021, the Committee on Bioethics published a statement entitled “COVID-19 and vaccines: Ensuring equitable access to vaccination during the current and future pandemics”. In the statement, the Committee emphasised the importance of equitable access to vaccination, based on Article 3...
Debate on access to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers by NGOs
On 16 December 2020, during its winter session, the Conference of INGOs organised a debate on "Access to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers by NGOs". The debate was based on the preliminary findings on concrete situations after consultations within civil society groups in Greece. Topics of...
- The Special Representative on Migration and Refugees to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Chamber judgments: Expulsions from Russia and Denmark, and detention conditions in Greece
- Observations on summary returns of migrants from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina
- GRETA publishes its third report on Croatia
- Activities of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
- Ensuring equitable access to vaccination during the current and future pandemics
- Debate on access to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers by NGOs